Published in Crit Care Med on April 01, 2006
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The ethics and reality of rationing in medicine. Chest (2011) 1.24
Implications of ICU triage decisions on patient mortality: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Crit Care (2011) 1.14
Perioperative do-not-resuscitate orders: it is time to talk. BMC Anesthesiol (2013) 1.00
Medically Inappropriate or Futile Treatment: Deliberation and Justification. J Med Philos (2015) 0.95
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A prospective audit of costs of intensive care in cancer patients in India. Indian J Crit Care Med (2013) 0.83
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Making the case for talking to patients about the costs of end-of-life care. J Law Med Ethics (2011) 0.81
Development of an algorithm to aid triage decisions for intensive care unit admission: a clinical vignette and retrospective cohort study. Crit Care (2016) 0.81
International comparisons of intensive care: informing outcomes and improving standards. Curr Opin Crit Care (2012) 0.80
Rationing in the intensive care unit in case of full bed occupancy: a survey among intensive care unit physicians. BMC Anesthesiol (2016) 0.78
Economic implications of end-of-life care in the ICU. Curr Opin Crit Care (2014) 0.78
Climate and cultural aspects in intensive care units. Crit Care (2011) 0.77
Managing futility in critically ill patients with cardiac disease. Nat Rev Cardiol (2013) 0.77
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and ethics. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva (2014) 0.77
Variability in the pediatric intensivists' threshold for withdrawal/limitation of life support as perceived by bedside nurses: a multicenter survey study. Ann Intensive Care (2011) 0.76
Optimism and no longer foolishness? Haematology/oncology and the PICU. Intensive Care Med (2014) 0.76
Organ allocation for liver transplantation according to the public opinion. Hepat Mon (2012) 0.75
Age, risk, and life expectancy in Norwegian intensive care: a registry-based population modelling study. PLoS One (2015) 0.75
Year in review 2007: Critical Care--intensive care unit management. Crit Care (2008) 0.75
Factors potentially associated with the decision of admission to the intensive care unit in a middle-income country: a survey of Brazilian physicians. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva (2017) 0.75
Intensive care triage--the hardest rationing decision of them all. Crit Care Med (2006) 2.03
Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2012. Crit Care Med (2013) 39.56
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008. Crit Care Med (2008) 31.57
Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock. Crit Care Med (2004) 24.47
Acute respiratory distress syndrome: the Berlin Definition. JAMA (2012) 21.04
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock, 2012. Intensive Care Med (2013) 17.37
Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in Canada. JAMA (2009) 13.00
Vasopressin versus norepinephrine infusion in patients with septic shock. N Engl J Med (2008) 11.00
Association between critical care physician management and patient mortality in the intensive care unit. Ann Intern Med (2008) 9.21
Use of intensive care at the end of life in the United States: an epidemiologic study. Crit Care Med (2004) 9.06
Randomized trials stopped early for benefit: a systematic review. JAMA (2005) 8.43
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008. Intensive Care Med (2007) 8.33
A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians. CMAJ (2008) 6.72
High-frequency oscillation in early acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med (2013) 6.56
Views of US physicians about controlling health care costs. JAMA (2013) 6.36
Improvement in process of care and outcome after a multicenter severe sepsis educational program in Spain. JAMA (2008) 6.29
Intensive insulin therapy and mortality among critically ill patients: a meta-analysis including NICE-SUGAR study data. CMAJ (2009) 6.27
Stopping randomized trials early for benefit and estimation of treatment effects: systematic review and meta-regression analysis. JAMA (2010) 5.90
Empiric antibiotic treatment reduces mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock from the first hour: results from a guideline-based performance improvement program. Crit Care Med (2014) 5.70
Hospital volume and the outcomes of mechanical ventilation. N Engl J Med (2006) 5.67
Comparison of mortality between private for-profit and private not-for-profit hemodialysis centers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA (2002) 5.57
Critical care and the global burden of critical illness in adults. Lancet (2010) 5.55
Who should receive life support during a public health emergency? Using ethical principles to improve allocation decisions. Ann Intern Med (2009) 5.35
An official ATS statement: grading the quality of evidence and strength of recommendations in ATS guidelines and recommendations. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2006) 5.29
The CRIT Study: Anemia and blood transfusion in the critically ill--current clinical practice in the United States. Crit Care Med (2004) 5.23
Does ethics education influence the moral action of practicing nurses and social workers? Am J Bioeth (2008) 4.92
Critical care's great leap forward? Crit Care Med (2006) 4.90
A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies comparing mortality rates of private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals. CMAJ (2002) 4.84
Need for expertise based randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2005) 4.34
An observational study of orthopaedic abstracts and subsequent full-text publications. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2002) 4.25
Cytomegalovirus reactivation in critically ill immunocompetent patients. JAMA (2008) 4.19
Efficacy of recombinant human erythropoietin in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2002) 4.09
Fluid resuscitation in sepsis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2014) 3.96
Clinical implementation of the ARDS network protocol is associated with reduced hospital mortality compared with historical controls. Crit Care Med (2005) 3.86
Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a consensus statement by the American College [corrected] of Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med (2008) 3.85
Lactate measurements in sepsis-induced tissue hypoperfusion: results from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign database. Crit Care Med (2015) 3.55
Enhancing patient-centered communication and collaboration by using the electronic health record in the examination room. JAMA (2013) 3.44
The effect of selenium therapy on mortality in patients with sepsis syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Crit Care Med (2013) 3.43
The myth of the workforce crisis. Why the United States does not need more intensivist physicians. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 3.43
Missed opportunities during family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2005) 3.40
Family satisfaction with care in the intensive care unit: results of a multiple center study. Crit Care Med (2002) 3.36
Barriers to full-text publication following presentation of abstracts at annual orthopaedic meetings. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2003) 3.36
Barriers to implementing protocol-based sepsis resuscitation in the emergency department--results of a national survey. Crit Care Med (2007) 3.28
Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2009) 3.22
The Berlin definition of ARDS: an expanded rationale, justification, and supplementary material. Intensive Care Med (2012) 3.18
Family satisfaction with family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: increased proportion of family speech is associated with increased satisfaction. Crit Care Med (2004) 3.18
Intensive care unit quality improvement: a "how-to" guide for the interdisciplinary team. Crit Care Med (2006) 3.15
Patient and healthcare professional factors influencing end-of-life decision-making during critical illness: a systematic review. Crit Care Med (2011) 3.07
Canadian survey of the use of sedatives, analgesics, and neuromuscular blocking agents in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med (2006) 3.06
Effect of a quality-improvement intervention on end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 2.94
Incidence of acute lung injury in the United States. Crit Care Med (2003) 2.93
Methodologic issues in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2003) 2.90
Rationing critical care beds: a systematic review. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.86
An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive Care Units. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 2.86
The efficacy and safety of heparin in patients with sepsis: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Crit Care Med (2015) 2.85
Interaction of vasopressin infusion, corticosteroid treatment, and mortality of septic shock. Crit Care Med (2009) 2.77
Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ (2004) 2.76
Causes and timing of death in patients with ARDS. Chest (2005) 2.72
The uncommon case of Jahi McMath. Chest (2015) 2.65
Do intensivist staffing patterns influence hospital mortality following ICU admission? A systematic review and meta-analyses. Crit Care Med (2013) 2.64
End-of-life care for the critically ill: A national intensive care unit survey. Crit Care Med (2006) 2.61
Decisions to limit life-sustaining treatment for critically ill patients who lack both decision-making capacity and surrogate decision-makers. Crit Care Med (2006) 2.61
Angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 as clinically informative prognostic biomarkers of morbidity and mortality in severe sepsis. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.59
Public stem cell banks: considerations of justice in stem cell research and therapy. Hastings Cent Rep (2004) 2.53
Age of transfused blood in critically ill adults. N Engl J Med (2015) 2.52
Are physicians' recommendations to limit life support beneficial or burdensome? Bringing empirical data to the debate. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2009) 2.46
Oral decontamination for prevention of pneumonia in mechanically ventilated adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2007) 2.44
Quality indicators for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2003) 2.42
Prioritizing the organization and management of intensive care services in the United States: the PrOMIS Conference. Crit Care Med (2007) 2.42
Evaluation of a standardized order form for the withdrawal of life support in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.42
An international survey: Public awareness and perception of sepsis. Crit Care Med (2009) 2.40
Surrogate decision-makers' perspectives on discussing prognosis in the face of uncertainty. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 2.40
The design and interpretation of pilot trials in clinical research in critical care. Crit Care Med (2009) 2.38
Effect of nitric oxide on oxygenation and mortality in acute lung injury: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2007) 2.33
Mortality predictions in the intensive care unit: comparing physicians with scoring systems. Crit Care Med (2006) 2.29
Beyond mortality: future clinical research in acute lung injury. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 2.28
Written informed consent and selection bias in observational studies using medical records: systematic review. BMJ (2009) 2.27
A national survey of U.S. internists' experiences with ethical dilemmas and ethics consultation. J Gen Intern Med (2004) 2.27
A systematic review of studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the United States. Open Med (2007) 2.26
Dying in the ICU: perspectives of family members. Chest (2003) 2.25
"It's not just what the doctor tells me:" factors that influence surrogate decision-makers' perceptions of prognosis. Crit Care Med (2010) 2.25
Examining the ethics of clinical use of unproven interventions outside of clinical trials during the Ebola epidemic. Am J Bioeth (2015) 2.20
Systematic reviewers neglect bias that results from trials stopped early for benefit. J Clin Epidemiol (2007) 2.20
Last-resort options for palliative sedation. Ann Intern Med (2009) 2.19
Diagnostic and prognostic implications of endotoxemia in critical illness: results of the MEDIC study. J Infect Dis (2004) 2.17
Management of the critically ill patient with severe acute pancreatitis. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.16
Failure of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis: risk factors in medical-surgical critically ill patients*. Crit Care Med (2015) 2.16
Integrating mortality and morbidity outcomes: using quality-adjusted life years in critical care trials. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 2.15